User Profile

[Argonot]

Thank you, people. This has been extremely useful....

[Argonot]

So, a vampire embracing a kinfolk would be enough to call open season on them?

[Argonot]

Hi.

Have you ever used a war between Vamps and Garou in your chronicles?

Im intending to, so Im looking for ideas. What can spark such a conflict?

By the way, I checked Under a Blood Red Moon, so Im looking for something different....

[Argonot]

Man, I had no idea that book existed! Thank you so much!!!

[Argonot]

Hi.

Probably the most basic question ever asked here...what spheres would you need to see through solid objects?

Im asking this because Forces 1 states you can see x-rays, which, to my understanding, is not the same as you can see as if the x-rays were being shot from your eyes.

I guess it would involve some level of Matter. Not sure. Sphere system is awesome, but sometimes messy....

[Argonot]

Makes sense....

[Argonot]

That was my first thought, but they faced a widderslainte witch (who used children as raw materials to make miraculous potions) last time. Another mage antagonist this soon feels kind of...repetitive. Besides, the idea is that killing that vampire will set them in the middle of a storm regarding the local vampire comunity.

I think I will go with the Blood Bond + Presence formula. Or use Conditioning from V20.

Thanks, folks ...

[Argonot]

Dataweaver, how do you handle those Entropy "luck" improvements?

[Argonot]

Hi.

Big simple question: can you use Correspondence to improve the accuracy of a hit? If its not the case, what Sphere should you use?

To my understanding, Forces can be used to improve the damage, but I dont know about accuracy...

[Argonot]

Ok, good. I understand some possible relations between Acolytes and player characters (and how some of you have worked them out).

What about the Acolytes you find running the day to day stuff in Chantries? How do you use them?

[Argonot]

So, - going V5 - "Rationalize" is not useful for that?

[Argonot]

But, can you blood bond people without turning them into ghouls?

[Argonot]

Full context:

The story is set in the 1940s. The antagonist is a nazi Ventrue whose prey exclusion are jews (only takes susteinance from jewish blood). For obvious reasons, he doesnt want to exterminate jews, but knows their "right place in society"...as cattle. He wants to start his own concentration camp full of jewish families which will be his Herd. He wants them to behave (so internal vigilance wouldnt be necessary), and theres no better way of achieving that, that convincing those people of such bullshit...through supernatural means.

This is meaningful...

[Argonot]

What about the level 4 power: Rationalize ?...

[Argonot]

Hi.

Im thinking about using a vampire antagonist whose modus operandi is brainwashing mortals from a specific population group into believing being enslaved is the right state to be for their people.

What disciplines could you use to brainwash someone like that, using the V5 rules? Is Dominate enough?

[Argonot]

Hi!

Narratively, how do you use Acolytes?

I have decided to give more depth and personality to most of my Sleeper NPCs...but almost none of them are actually Acolytes. Acolytes do exist in my chronicle, but I dont know how to use them as "part" of the Traditions. I wouldnt like them to be just hanging in the background....

[Argonot]

Hi.

I've been toying with the idea of using a nazi antagonist in my 1940s Mage chronicle. Basically, that nazi is trying to set a mini-concentration camp to get Quintessence off inmates. I remember I read somewhere that a Euthanatoi chantry was getting Quintessence from Dachau, and ITX has a prison for Mages in MECHA (I think), where they do something similar.

My question is:

What process do they use to get that Quintessence exactly?
Mechanically, why is it significant those people are in a concentration camp to get Quintessence from them?